how to identify user needs with key intelligence topics

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How to Identify User Needs with Key Intelligence Topics

A Complimentary Webinar from Aurora WDC

12:00 Noon Eastern /// Wednesday 27 January 2016

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Jan Herring Derek Johnson


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Jan Herring

Jan P. Herring serves as an advisor to business executives and intelligence professionals. He assists companies in developing and operating their own Business Intelligence Systems, as well as improving their existing intelligence operations. His efforts are focused on increasing the effectiveness of business decisions and corporate performance through the use of BI Systems and the intelligence they produce. He is the President of Herring & Associates LLC, a management consultancy, specializing in intelligence matters.

Between 1987 and 1996, Mr. Herring established the profession’s leading business intelligence consultancy at The Futures Group (TFG), an international firm specializing in forecasting, strategic planning and policy analysis. Prior to joining The Futures Group, Mr. Herring was Director of Intelligence at Motorola. Before Motorola, Mr. Herring spent 20 years with the CIA as a professional intelligence officer. Jan’s current research is focused on the Future of Competitive Intelligence and how CI managers might best prepare for that future.

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MKey Intelligence Topic

IdentifyingManagement’s Intelligence Needs ...

Is the Key to ProducingActionable Intelligence!


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• Strategic and Operational decisions, where competitive factors and forces are major determinates in the outcome.

• Early Warning, of both threats and opportunities!

• Knowing the competition … and, creating strategies to out-think and out-perform them.

• Understanding the actual competitive situation the company currently faces … and, will most likely face in the future!

An Expression of Management’s Intelligence Needs(Best defined by its intended business application)

Key Intelligence Topics


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Senior Management’sKey Intelligence Topics

• Management Decisions and Actions– Future of mobile satellite communications– European entry strategy – selecting the right partner

• Early Warning Topics– The introduction of disruptive technologies– Competitor efforts to form alliances with our

customers

• Key Players: Competitors/Customers/Others– Creating a unifying view of the competition– Competitors’ efforts to acquire our technology


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Dissemination

Analysis &Production

Decision Makers

& Other Users

Planning &Direction

InformationServices &Processing

IntelligenceCollection &Reporting

INTELLIGENCECYCLE

Intelligence Systems Operations


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The Role of Key Intelligence Topics• Critical First Step in Intelligence Process:

Identifying Key User’s Intelligence Needs

• Provides Focus and Purpose to the Effort

• Engages Users in Intelligence Process as:– Providers of feedback– Analysts and forecasters– Collectors and reporters

• Becomes an On-going, Management Process– Users must select and prioritize the KITs– Use Ballots, Workshops, etc.


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Pro-Active Mode: Key Intelligence Topics• KIT Process Well Developed & Proven Approach• Regular Meetings with Principal Users

–Help them identify and define needs–Feed back mechanism for past/ongoing work–Coordinates user needs and related activities

• The Benefits–Permits planning and focused operations–Actively involves management/users in process–“Guarantees” a user for the intelligence produced

Identifying User’s Needs


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MTypes of KITs• Management Decisions and Actions

-Formulation & implementation of strategic plans-Capital expenditures affecting competitive positions-Strategic alliances, acquisitions and divestiture

• Early Warning Topics-Opportunities that company recognizes first-Threats, including new/emerging competitors-Significant changes in industry, government, technology

• Key Players: Competitors, Customers, Others-Greater understanding of their capabilities & intentions-Insight and foresight regarding their actions-Monitoring their activities on an ongoing basis


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• Business Decisions and Strategic/Tactical Actions1. “What decisions and/or actions will you be facing in the next _____months, where BI/CI could make a significant difference?”2. How will you use that BI/CI?3. When will it be needed?

• Early Warning Topics(Begin by identifying/discussing a past “surprise” in your industry.)1. “Identify several topics that you do not want to be surprised by: new competitors, technology introductions, alliances & acquisitions, regulatory changes, etc.”

• Key Players in Our Marketplace: Competitor, Customers, Suppliers ..1. “Identify those players you believe company needs to better understand.”2. What specifically do we need to know?

KIT Protocol


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• What production process will the competition use in their new plant?

• How is competition likely to respond to our new product?

• How will the government change the regulatory regime we now operate under?

• Identify new and emerging competitors, particularly those coming from entirely different industries and businesses

• Provide intelligence inputs for the company’s strategic plan to create “our” future competitive environment

Some Management KITs


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IntelligenceAssessments

and Inputs

CollectionGuidance

KITActionPlans

IntelligenceAnalysis Teams

Senior Management

IntelligenceReports

IntelligenceAlerts

TheIntelligence

Unit

CollectionOperations

KITs

Analytical Approachand Framework

Managing the KIT Process


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International StrategyChairmanCompetitor Co.

Competitor Z

1.2.3.

Strengths Weaknesses

Strategic Intent

Government Plans to . . .

Likely Actions:

Past Decisions

Intelligence Assessments

E-mail & ReportingBriefings

Intelligence Reports, Newsletters & Early

PersonalityAssessments

Current Intelligence

Products of the Intelligence Process


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•Involve the User from the Beginning

•Include the Future in the Final Product

•Link Key Findings to User Responsibilities

Producing Actionable Intelligence


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